On
Gambia, ICP
Asked UN About
Sarr's
Promotion,
UNchecked 1
Week
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
January 3 – As
in The Gambia
Yahya Jammeh
moved on
December 1 to
shut off the
Internet (and
Viber, etc)
for the / his
election,
there was
again a
deafening
silence from
the UN and its
“communications”
chief Cristina
Gallach.
This
was true
of Ban during
earlier
crackdowns in
Gambia, here.
Now
that Jammeh
has reversed
himself and
denounced the
results,
ECOWAS is
talking
intervention.
Ban
Ki-moon was
still silent,
entirely
focused on his
own ambitions
in South Korea.
On
December 22, video here, Inner City Press
asked about
the
replacement of
Gambia's
"Permanent"
Representative
to the UN
Mamadou
Tangara by the
Deputy Sam
Sarr, about
whose
previously
F-bomb filled
threat to kill
the opposition
Inner City
Press asked
the UN in May,
here.
On the morning
of December
27, Inner City
Press asked
three UN
spokespeople:
"On
Gambia, please
state if the
UN Secretariat
has been
informed that
Sam Sarr is
the new
Permanent
Representative,
and please
provide the
Secretary
General's
view, as Inner
City Press requested on May
11, 2016,
of the audio
of Sam Sarr
saying if he
were in
charge, he'd
shoot all the
protesters."
A week later,
from the UN's
spokespeople
no answer, not
even a
confirmation
of receipt -
while they threatened
legal action
for reporting
on Ban's
corruption.
On
January 3,
Inner City
Press asked
lead spokeman
Stephane
Duajrric, who
bragged he'll
be staying on
for at least
six more
months, about
Gambia and
Sarr, UN
Transcript
here:
Inner
City Press:
I’d also asked
you on Gambia…
I know that
there have
been a lot of
statements
before the
holiday, but
has Sam Sarr,
the previous
Deputy
Permanent
Representative,
officially
registered
himself as a
Permanent
Representative?
Because
something was
taped saying
his opponent
should be
killed.
Spokesman:
I don’t
know. We
can check with
the protocol
office.
That could and
should have
been done a
week ago.
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